She was raised in kentucky in a good christian home They had plans for her future that to them were carved in stone He came from west virginia to work down at the mill From his tiny window he could see her house up on the hill
The first time that he saw her she was in her sunday dress He came to church in his working clothes trying to look his best Somewhere between the sermon and the congregation's rise They caught a crystal vision of their future In each other's eyes
Across that big sandy river, what's done has been done No one knows who we are, no one knows where we're from We'll raise up a family, we'll build us a home But tonight, we're just shadows in the moonlight
Her father heard a ladder land against the bedroom wall Came outside waving a pistol yelling âleave my child alone!â She ran for the wagon while they struggled for the gun It went off, like a cannon, someone cried My god, what have I done
Across that big sandy river, what's done has been done No one knows who we are, no one knows where we're from We'll raise up a family, we'll build us a home But tonight, we're just shadows in the moonlight
Across that big sandy river, what's done has been done No one knows who we are, no one knows where we're from And I hope there'll be forgiveness in the days yet to come But tonight, we're just shadows in the moonlight Yes tonight, we're just shadows in the moonlight.